Do you find yourself obsessively gabbing on about Outlander to your friends and family? Wishing your Saturday nights included a living room full of people with whom to watch, discuss, comment, cheers, jeers and well, experience alllllll the feels? Dinna fash, Obsessenach – you are not alone. Good news – we can get new family and friends pour ourselves…
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Written by: Anne Hawkinson A Great Blue Heron appears on the page of a library book and soars in the sky as Episode Seven, “Faith” opens. It had to be more than just a pretty image to fill a space in time, so I searched for characteristics of both the soaring bird and Claire’s earth-bound…
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 7, “Faith.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander Season 2 Episode 7, “Faith,” works because it refuses to treat Claire’s loss as a plot point. Claire does not simply lose a pregnancy. She holds the daughter she…
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Written by: Anne Hawkinson Source Alex Randall is a really good guy, despite the fact that his brother is the sick, perverted Black Jack Randall who abused and tortured Jamie at Wentworth Prison. Alex also happens to be in love with Mary Hawkins, which sets all manner of alarm bells ringing for Claire. Alex and…
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Jamie Fraser is the heart of Outlander, and Sam Heughan’s performance helped turn him into a fandom phenomenon. Here’s why fans still love Jamie — plus the original holiday wish list that captured the obsession.
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Photo courtesy: Variety Fact: Outlander fans are the most dedicated, outspoken, loyal supporters of any television show to date. Okay, there’s no way to definitively gauge that but I’d swear under oath that it’s true. Just look at how fans have busied themselves during the six months of Droughtlander by click, click, clicking MILLIONS of…
Read MoreOutlander executive producer Maril Davis joins Mary & Blake to explain how the show found Jamie and Claire, why Diana Gabaldon’s books could not be movies, and what it actually takes to keep a production like Outlander moving. This is the producer interview that explains the machine behind the magic. Ronald D. Moore gives you…
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Roll out the red carpets, the Emmys are this Sunday. Ho hum. Two months have passed since the nominations were announced and the pain of hearing Outlander *crickets* still feels fresh. For those who missed my first offering on how to cure that Emmy expectation hangover, read here. Let’s be honest – I talk a…
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Ah, the Emmys. As a TV fanatic, there’s no greater high than seeing your favorite show’s name among the elite list of programs recognized each year by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences voters. Those gold statuettes have long served as industry benchmarks indicating that the countless time spent by talented writers, producers,…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 16, “To Ransom A Man’s Soul,” understands something brutal: survival is not the same as being saved. Jamie Fraser is out of Wentworth Prison. That should be the victory. Claire got him out. Murtagh got the cattle into the prison. Angus and Rupert helped create the chaos. Black Jack Randall is…
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